Presumably as he's earning that, after tax, he won't run into future tax evasion issues like Ronaldo and Messi.
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Accy cyclist
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http://www.skysports.com/football/n...-of-world-record-450m-transfer-from-barcelona
This is one of the reasons why non football fans(quite a lot here on CC)think we're all simple for watching someone kick a ball about,and who can blame them?
This is one of the reasons why non football fans(quite a lot here on CC)think we're all simple for watching someone kick a ball about,and who can blame them?
AndyRM
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Ludicrous though the fee is, PSG will sell a lot of shirts because of it. Not the first time an over-rated player has been signed for that reason. In my mind this started with Beckham.
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I try to divorce the financial side of the game (not always easy) from the on-pitch performance.
As in other walks of life (sporting, media etc) I think these wages are an obscenity. I understand that PSG will probably return more than their outlay on Neymar and also understand that the lad is one of the best players on the planet etc but I still find it problematic.
It's the business model that is so wrong. Based on the premise of hovering up relatively small amounts of money from the hoi polloi via TV subscriptions, merchandise sales and ticket sale and then funnelling the proceeds into the pockets of the very few.
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Neymar is "not expensive" - so says Jose:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40811508
Will be interesting to see how La Liga's 'enquiries' re FFP pan out on this one. Same business model as MCFC where money spent is greater than pure commercial income.
AFAIK most of the other top clubs have pretty much fallen in line with FFP compliance although MCFC and PSG seem to have fallen through the net.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40811508
Will be interesting to see how La Liga's 'enquiries' re FFP pan out on this one. Same business model as MCFC where money spent is greater than pure commercial income.
AFAIK most of the other top clubs have pretty much fallen in line with FFP compliance although MCFC and PSG seem to have fallen through the net.
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AndyRM
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Neymar's World Cup highlight reel, according to the BBC...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40805087
A scuffed shot, a penalty, a tap in, and one quite good goal (albeit against Cameroon).
Wow.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40805087
A scuffed shot, a penalty, a tap in, and one quite good goal (albeit against Cameroon).
Wow.
AndyRM
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Accy cyclist
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Nearly half a billion quid one one footballer is just downright crazy! I know they talk of market forces and stuff but it's getting beyond a joke. Ok he might bring in more than he'll cost but it's still obscene to pay someone that much for kicking a ball about,and as AndyRM pointed out, he isn't THAT good either.
Football has well and truly lost its way. It'll continue to get worse and I hope that one of the 'big boys' eventually goes to the wall. As much as I love a good game of football, I personally can't get excited watching tax dodging journeymen kissing whatever badge they've been asked to wear for the next 3 contracted years before another offer comes in. Give me home grown, academy developed local lads playing in and representing their local towns and communities any day!
The BBC recently did an article about how PSG may afford this and touched on the shirt sale thing. Apparently the brands that make the shirts often just make a one off payment to the club to make the kits and the actual club doesn't get any more or less money with subsequent shirt sales. The article mentioned that Manchester United get £75m from Adidas regardless whether they shift 5 or 5,000,000 shirts.
AndyRM
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accountantpete
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La Liga didn't want to take the money so PSG's fancy-priced lawyers hit on the cunning ruse of paying the cash directly to Barca
mark st1
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What a waste of talent the French league is one if the worst in European football. Congrats Neymar you will win the domestic league title for the forseable future.
vickster
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Maybe £40m a year for the rest of his career will soften the blow. Pure greed
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Vapin' Joe
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Nothing we wouldn't all do if we got the opportunity.
Sooner or later though one of the big clubs is going to get it's sums wrong and go spectacularly bust. The average audience for live football on the PL's paymaster Sky has fallen to around 1.5 million, even tired old Match of The Day pulls in a million more than that.
I know the far east makes them a fortune, but that could easily change in the future.
itchybeard
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£200 million.
Thing is, I'm not surprised about it...I am gobsmacked, which is so much money for a player but not around the way football spending is now...
Premier league spend the most on transfer period. Still, not a decent team between them...
If fans pay so much to watch football, spend loads on merchandise, TV etc then this is part of the game they are helping with whether they like it or not.
I have not been to a live men's game in years. I love the game but its too much, i'm not that impulsive. I have watched a women's game, that cost £6 terracing. Man city champions league semi. It was good. I think people watching mens football is addiction, it's routine, habit
Thing is, I'm not surprised about it...I am gobsmacked, which is so much money for a player but not around the way football spending is now...
Premier league spend the most on transfer period. Still, not a decent team between them...
If fans pay so much to watch football, spend loads on merchandise, TV etc then this is part of the game they are helping with whether they like it or not.
I have not been to a live men's game in years. I love the game but its too much, i'm not that impulsive. I have watched a women's game, that cost £6 terracing. Man city champions league semi. It was good. I think people watching mens football is addiction, it's routine, habit
